1916
ink
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Dominant colour
Amazonenstatue auf der Freitreppe des Alten Museums (Statue of an Amazon at the Alte Museum) is a 1916 ink by Lovis Corinth, held at National Gallery of Art.
This sketch shows a squat, muscular woman with a spear slung over her shoulder. Her face is blurred, and her body looks strong, almost like a statue come to life. In the background, a faint figure stands near a building, and the lines are loose and quick. The artist used a rough, sketchy style—almost like a hurried drawing. This piece is a lithograph, which means it was printed from a flat stone or metal plate. Want to see more? Check out the technique: lithography.
Lovis Corinth was a German artist and writer whose mature work as a painter and printmaker realized a synthesis of impressionism and expressionism.
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